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Jonas Karlsbakk

Jonas Karlsbakk
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Jonas has been working for the Norwegian Barents Secretariat since 2008. He has a Masters Degree in Geography from NTNU in Trondheim from 2003. Between 2003 and 2008 he worked as a journalist in the local newspaper in Kirkenes, Sør-Varanger Avis.

Content by Jonas Karlsbakk

Lighting up European borders

KIRKENES: With a floodlight projector designed for giant sport arenas, Stefano Cagol is on a path to identify and underline the borders of Europe and their fate. See our video interview with Cagol.

March 22, 2013

Barents Spektakel 2013

KIRKENES: The Barents Spektakel is Norway´s most border-crossing festival. For five days each year the little Norwegian border town of Kirkenes explodes in culture events, concerts with international top bands and political debates. See photos from the 2013 festival.

February 08, 2013

"Only solution is more cooperation"

KIRKENES: “The global focus on the north pushes forward a need for more Barents Cooperation in the future”, says Rune Rafaelsen at the Norwegian Barents Secretariat. However, he sees the weakening of civil rights in Russia as a challenge in the years to come.

January 08, 2013

Cold king crab catch

BUGØYNES: The temperature is minus 15 degrees Celsius and the freezing wind is howling around the front of the small fishing vessel “Vesterelvjenta” as she crosses the Varangerfjord. It is the polar night period of the year in the far north, but extreme weather does not set king crab fishing on hold.

January 04, 2013

Finnish Grand Prix winner

Finnish director Maija Kaipainen from YLE won the Grand Prix prize under Northern Character film festival 2012, while Norwegian director Per Kristian Olsen won the documentary prize.

December 04, 2012

Giant lift for Goliat

The Goliat oil rig will be the world’s largest of its kind when it is finished. Recently the housing module was lifted on to the main rig. See time lapse video of the spectacular lift.

December 03, 2012

Crown Prince Haakon opens Barents Spektakel 2013

Two years ago his mother, Queen Sonja of Norway, attended the festival. In February 2013 the Crown Prince of Norway will have the same pleasure to visit the border town of Kirkenes during the spektakular days.

November 09, 2012

Sami Parliament wants veto on mineral issues

Better territorial control of the Sápmi area is the main reason to why Aili Keskitalo suggest to give the Sami Parliament a special veto right on mining projects.

November 08, 2012

Local mayors want tax from mining

Mining industry invests heavily in the border town of Kirkenes, but for the municipality board there are more costs and too little income from mining.

November 07, 2012

Rethinking Shtokman

SVANVIK: “The fact that the Shtokman project is put on hold gives us the opportunity to rethink the concepts and make it even better,” says Andrey Krivorotov in Shtokman Development Company.

October 24, 2012